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This issue highlights the connection between educator and student well-being, emphasizing that supporting teachers’ emotional health is essential to helping students thrive. Readers will find learning modules and resources focused on recognizing and preventing burnout, strengthening professional self-care, and understanding how educator wellness shapes the classroom environment. Additional features explore the experiences of military-connected teens, offering insights into how schools can create compassionate and supportive spaces that nurture resilience for both educators and students.
November Blog: Well-Being for Students Starts with Teachers
Students' well-being depends significantly on the well-being of their teachers. When educators are emotionally and mentally regulated, they can create a classroom environment in which students feel safe, connected, and able to engage in learning. In contrast, teachers who are experiencing chronic stress or burnout may inadvertently undermine student engagement and emotional regulation.
Featured Training: Signs and Symptoms of Burnout
This learning module helps school personnel recognize the warning signs of professional burnout and take steps to protect their own well-being. Those who spend their days supporting others often face high emotional demands and may gradually deplete their personal coping resources, especially when dealing with crises or working in isolated settings. This training emphasizes the importance of engaging in self-care and provides practical guidance participants can use to help them identify burnout in themselves and their colleagues, strengthen resilience, and sustain their capacity to support students effectively.
Featured Resource: Copenhagen Burnout Inventory for School-Based Professionals
The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory for School-Based Professionals is a self-assessment designed to help educators and student-support staff recognize early signs of physical, emotional, and work-related exhaustion. The tool provides an overall burnout score and encourages users who score higher to seek support from supervisors or health professionals. By reflecting on patterns of stress and depletion, school personnel can better understand their well-being and take proactive steps to maintain balance and effectiveness in their roles.
Featured Training: Professional Self-Care
This learning module helps school personnel strengthen habits that support their emotional health and job satisfaction. It highlights how maintaining self-care in professional settings, such as setting boundaries, managing workload, and fostering supportive relationships, can reduce burnout and improve overall well-being. Participants explore common areas where self-care often declines and learn practical strategies they can use to build resilience and sustain long-term effectiveness in their roles.
Featured Resource: 2024 Military Teen Experience Survey (MTES)
The Through Their Eyes: 2024 Military Teen Experience Survey reveals concerning trends in the well-being of military-connected teens. In fact, only 8% report high mental well-being, and over one-third indicate low well-being. Many teens cited financial strain, food insecurity, and self-harm behaviors as significant challenges. Yet, the findings also highlight resilience. Over half of the respondents expressed pride in their families’ service and a strong desire to give back through future military or community involvement.
Bonus Blog: Understanding Well-Being and Suicide Risk Among Military-Connected Teens
This blog examines how the unique experiences of military family life, including deployments, relocations, and parental injuries, can impact teens’ emotional well-being. It emphasizes the importance of school personnel being able to recognize signs of distress, foster supportive relationships, and connect students with appropriate resources to strengthen their well-being and reduce suicide risk.
School Resources Website
The School Resources to Support Military-Connected Students website links school personnel with evidence-informed resources that they can use to support military-connected students. Our resources include the following:
Learning Modules - 198+ online learning modules that are designed to increase understanding and awareness related to the unique challenges faced by military-connected students and families.
Original Research - 30+ original research papers that focus on a wide range of school-related topics.
Student Programs - 3 flexible sets of lesson plans that can be used to support the development of student socioemotional skills.
Toolkits - 2 comprehensive toolkits that can be used to support military-connected students.
Vetted Resources - 66+ resources that are available publicly that the Clearinghouse has selected to share with school personnel who work with military-connected students.
These resources are available for free, and no email is required for access. You may access them at any time on the School Resources to Support Military-Connected Students website.
School Resources to Support Military-Connected Students
How have our resources made a difference for you, your school, or your students? Do you have ideas for a new learning module or suggestions for improving our current modules? We’d love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, stories, or recommendations by emailing us at schoolresources@psu.edu.
About This Project
The Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State is the result of a partnership funded by the Department of Defense between the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy and the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture through a cooperative agreement with the Pennsylvania State University. This work leverages funds by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Hatch Appropriations.
School Resources to Support Military-Connected Students is a project by the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness, an applied research center at Penn State, and is funded by the Department of Defense Education Activity contract HE1254-23-P0003. Our goal is to provide school personnel with free, evidence-informed resources to support military-connected students.
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Poster highlights critical resources available to veterans and their families
COLUMBUS — Ohio is making it easier for veterans to access the benefits they’ve earned through their service, starting with a new, easy-to-read and downloadableposter to be displayed at places of employment across the state.
The poster was recently created by the Ohio Department of Veterans Services in partnership with the Ohio Department of Commerce in accordance with Senate Bill39, now enacted as Section 4113.13 of the Ohio Revised Code.
The new poster streamlines key information into a single, accessible format to help veterans in the workforce understand and connect with the benefits available to them.
By allowing Ohio employers to print and display the poster at their worksites or feature it on their websites, this initiative helps to ensure veterans and their families have better and more direct access to information regarding available resources and support.
The poster is available for download here.
Resources and benefits highlighted in the poster include:
• Access to Ohio Department of Veterans Services programs, complete with contact details and website information for direct support.
• The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Crisis Line, including all necessary contact information.
• Substance abuse and mental health treatment programs designed specifically for veterans' needs.
• Educational, workforce, and training resources to support veteran career growth and advancement.
• Information on tax benefits and exemptions available to Ohio veterans and their families.
• Instructions on obtaining an armed forces designation on Ohio driver's licenses or identification cards.
• Guidance on eligibility for unemployment benefits under both state and federal programs.
• Legal services tailored to address a range of military-related and personal matters.
“We want Ohio to be the most veteran- and military-friendly state in the nation. Doing more to connect service members past and present to key resources and well-earned benefits always will be part of that mission,” said ODVS Director John C. Harris, Jr. “My sincere thanks go out to the State Legislature and our partners at the Department of Commerce for supporting that need, and to all the men and women – and their loved ones – who serve so selflessly.”
As part of a statewide commitment to supporting veterans, Ohio businesses are invited to print and display the poster in a location easily accessible to employees. This proactive measure helps to ensure veteran employees remain aware of the benefits and services available to them.
For a comprehensive look at the array of resources and services available to Ohio veterans, those currently serving, and their families, please visit OhioVets.gov and the OhioCARES website.
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